Services
Welcome to
Appelman Financial
Here is a listing of the services we provide…

College Savings Planning
Estate Planning
Fixed and Variable Annuities
Investment Analysis & Planning
Life Insurance
Long Term Care Insurance
Retirement Income Planning
Retirement Rollovers & Distributions—our specialty!
Risk Management
Tax Planning
Tax Preparation (for Clients ONLY)
What is a Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP®)?

The CFP Certification designation identifies individuals who have met the
5 E’s established by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. :

Education

Examinations

Experience

Ethics

Enforcement

The CFP Board owns the CFP® certification designation and licenses qualified individuals to use it.  Only a Certified Financial Planner™ or CFP® licensees are
authorized to use this important designation.  The designation also signals that the
person has voluntarily submitted to the regulatory authority of the CFP Board.

Direct from the CFP® website:
Most people think all financial planners are "certified", but this isn't true.   
Anyone can call himself a “financial planner”, but only those who have
fulfilled the certification and annual renewal requirements of the CFP Board
can display the CFP
® marks, which represent a high level of professionalism.  
CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct require CFP
® professionals
to act in your best interest, putting your needs above their own.
 

The CFP Board’s certification process assures the public that individuals authorized to
use it are dedicated to a high level of professionalism!  As a Certified Financial
Planner™, they have been asked by the CFP Board to always act in the best interest
of the client and to put those interests ahead of their own at all times.  They are also
required to do so with the heightened duty of care of a "fiduciary" which as defined by
the CFP Board means "one who acts in utmost good faith, in a manner he or she
reasonably believes to be in the best interest of the client."   The seven principles of
the CFP® Code of Ethics are Integrity, Objectivity, Competence, Fairness,
Confidentiality, Professionalism, and Diligence...certainly qualities anyone would want
in their Financial Advisor!

                      For any additional information on the CFP Board or
                               their
Standards of Professional Conduct,
                                     please click on the link below.
You will be pleased to know that we have been a member of the
Better Business Bureau since 2004 and we hold an
A+ rating!!!   


If you would like to check out the website for the Better Business Bureau, please click on their logo.
Gold Medal Services
“The New Standard in Personalized Wealth Management”

Check out some of the areas where Appelman Financial provides
special services to their Gold Medal Service clients:

Investment Oversight Service
Tax Reduction Planning
Retirement Income & Distribution Planning
Family Wealth Planning
Client Services & Communication

For a complete listing of the Gold Medal Service, please click here.